NEW 2019 Curpa 290 ez.. No DSG bangs or pop whatsoever!

[Wak3D]

Hope this may help, this is the method I did to unplug mine.

Top left (driver side) you’ll see the sound Aktor behind the black plastic mesh.
1, Remove the foam 1st
2, Remove the Plastic plug as in pic this will release the black plastic mesh I then wedge the plastic mesh up enough to reach the cable plug.

Hopefully this will help you unless you’ve got man size finger unlike my girly hands haha.

Job done!

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Thanks, that really is completely different to the you tube videos I was watching earlier

 

[Copra68]

Quick update to my post yesterday after a spirited bit of driving I kept it in cupra mode heading home from work so everything was nice and hot. I had the radio on but turned it up off when I heard for the first time a proper bang or 2 from the exhaust. Absolutely loving it I drove up a road with a wall running parallel to the road and sure as hell on every downchange it was popping and as it slowed itself down without me braking was nice loud pops and crackles. I'm happy with that.

 

[Wak3D]

Quick update to my post yesterday after a spirited bit of driving I kept it in cupra mode heading home from work so everything was nice and hot. I had the radio on but turned it up off when I heard for the first time a proper bang or 2 from the exhaust. Absolutely loving it I drove up a road with a wall running parallel to the road and sure as hell on every downchange it was popping and as it slowed itself down without me braking was nice loud pops and crackles. I'm happy with that.

Got my Carista today and turned the Sound-Aktor off completely, had already heard a few pops and bangs when in sport but went for a sprited blast in Cupra mode and now i can hear the engine over the sound aktor it sounds excellent, plenty of pops and bangs

Why Seat would want to mask that engine with Fake Noise I have no idea, It may be horses for courses but I would wholly recommend getting it turned off !

 

[Sam Lever]

Hope this may help, this is the method I did to unplug mine.

Top left (driver side) you’ll see the sound Aktor behind the black plastic mesh.
1, Remove the foam 1st
2, Remove the Plastic plug as in pic this will release the black plastic mesh I then wedge the plastic mesh up enough to reach the cable plug.

Hopefully this will help you unless you’ve got man size finger unlike my girly hands haha.

Job done!

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This might be a really stupid question so don't laugh but how do you get that plastic plug out? Is it just a case of pulling it out? Don't want to break it trying to force it out.

 

[Smolyneux85]

This might be a really stupid question so don't laugh but how do you get that plastic plug out? Is it just a case of pulling it out? Don't want to break it trying to force it out.

Yeah I just pulled it out with some pillars


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[GordonMcC]

will a £60 res delete fix this? need a guinea pig to try it first

 

[motty225]

will a £60 res delete fix this? need a guinea pig to try it first

Yes

 

[willygoncray]

I can confirm that my manual 300 does pop a lot... see below.

I do have an induction and resonator delete though. If anyone is looking to beef up their exhaust sound then I would defo recommend a res-delete

 

[Georgecupra290]

Hi guys just picked up my brand new cupra 290 lux in mystery blue yesterday and love it, like a few others though I'm finding the exhaust note when changing gears pretty naff, is there anyone who can help with a resolution, eg Res delete, silencer removal etc thanks for the help

 

[rapidross]

Hi guys just picked up my brand new cupra 290 lux in mystery blue yesterday and love it, like a few others though I'm finding the exhaust note when changing gears pretty naff, is there anyone who can help with a resolution, eg Res delete, silencer removal etc thanks for the help

Hi mate,I have the same car and now done 2,5k miles and the exhaust note is certainly better.maybe hold out a while see how it develops,then maybe a Res delete.
The exhaust has changed though and now has a gpf which complicates things... If you scout some of the threads on here you will find discussions on this,just making u aware so u don't go ahead and order the part and it be wrong like many have.

 

[ramborobert]

Hi mate,I have the same car and now done 2,5k miles and the exhaust note is certainly better.maybe hold out a while see how it develops,then maybe a Res delete.
The exhaust has changed though and now has a gpf which complicates things... If you scout some of the threads on here you will find discussions on this,just making u aware so u don't go ahead and order the part and it be wrong like many have.

Sounds daft but put the engine in eco mode using individual settings then shift the gearbox into sport it turns off the soundacktor you will hear the exhaust more. I'm on 1200 miles now and it does sound a bit louder but still gonna get a res delete when it becomes available.

 

[Georgecupra290]

Hi mate,I have the same car and now done 2,5k miles and the exhaust note is certainly better.maybe hold out a while see how it develops,then maybe a Res delete.
The exhaust has changed though and now has a gpf which complicates things... If you scout some of the threads on here you will find discussions on this,just making u aware so u don't go ahead and order the part and it be wrong like many have.

Thanks Ross, hopefully things sound better later on down the line

 

[Damo H]

By the looks of the 5 door exhaust system with GPF, a res delete is possible. It’s the ST that’s going to be problematic and more a back
Box delete.

 

[Craig Elliott]

By the looks of the 5 door exhaust system with GPF, a res delete is possible. It’s the ST that’s going to be problematic and more a back
Box delete.

Don't you dare get my hopes up

 

[ramborobert]

Don't you dare get my hopes up

Defo looks possible in fact it looks easier just a piece of straight pipe required.

 

[motty225]

Defo looks possible in fact it looks easier just a piece of straight pipe required.

Agreed, any exhaust garage could cut that out and clamp a pipe in in no time at all

 

[cupra300uk]

I can confirm that my manual 300 does pop a lot... see below.

I do have an induction and resonator delete though. If anyone is looking to beef up their exhaust sound then I would defo recommend a res-delete

Is this totally stock? And can you hear the pops from the cabin?


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[Harrison21]

I also have a 68 plate cupra lux with GPF and someone from the cupra Facebook page has sold me a res delete saying this part will fit my car? Please tell me this is true and I haven’t just bought a res delete that won’t fit my car...

 

[Harrison21]

Hi mate,I have the same car and now done 2,5k miles and the exhaust note is certainly better.maybe hold out a while see how it develops,then maybe a Res delete.
The exhaust has changed though and now has a gpf which complicates things... If you scout some of the threads on here you will find discussions on this,just making u aware so u don't go ahead and order the part and it be wrong like many have.

What do you mean by wrong part? Someone sold me a Vag sports res delete from the cupra Facebook page hope this fits...

 

[motty225]

I also have a 68 plate cupra lux with GPF and someone from the cupra Facebook page has sold me a res delete saying this part will fit my car? Please tell me this is true and I haven’t just bought a res delete that won’t fit my car...

Unless he's had a custom built res delete to fit the new exhaust with a gpf, I'd say its not going to fit